Local
Attractions
 The
Art Colony of Tubac was established in 1752 as a Spanish
presidio. Filled with art galleries and shops, it is only
five minutes away by car.
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park:
Telephone 520-398-2252 and website
www.azstateparks.com
Tumacacori National Historical Park
From Tubac, three miles south
on the East Frontage Road.
Telephone 520-398-2341 and website
www.nps.gov/tuma/index.htm
Mission San Xavier Del Bac
In the Tohono O’odham Indian
Reservation, off I-19, Exit 92.
Telephone 520-294-2624 and website
www.sanxaviermission.org
The Smithsonian’s Whipple Observatory
Located
at the top of Mt. Hopkins in the Santa Rita Mountains, off
I-19, Exit 48.
Telephone 520-670-5707 and website
www.sao.arizona.edu/FLWO/whipple.html
Titan Missile Museum
Located at 1580 W. Duval Mine Rd. in Green Valley, AZ.
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum
2021 N.
Kinney Road in Tucson, from I-19 to Ajo Exit (Exit 99)
Westbound.
Telephone: 520-883-1380 and Website:
www.desertmuseum.org
Kitt Peak National Observatory:
Telephone 520-318-8726 and website
www.noao.edu
Horse Back Riding:
Mill Iron Cattle Company:
Dan and Melody Skiver in Tubac. Telephone
520-841-1604
Houston’s
Horseback Riding:
Bobbi Houston in Tucson. Telephone 520-298-7450 and website
www.tucsonhorsebackriding.com
Ride the
West:
John and
Yvonne Latham in Nogales.
Telephone: 520-287-2361 and website
www.ridethewest.com
Resources
The Tubac Chamber of Commerce: Telephone 520-398-2704 and website
www.tubacaz.com
Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau:
Telephone 1-800-638-8350 and website
www.visitTucson.org
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